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The EHS Daily Advisor editorial staff pick their favorite safety-centric songs to serve as the soundtrack to your workday.
Workplace accidents are unfortunate and all-too-common, and indeed, much of what we cover here at EHS Daily Advisor is about how to prevent accidents. The latest EHSDA Song of the Week comes from the great Elvis Costello and the Attractions, whose 1979 song “Accidents Will Happen” examines the damage done in relationships, but we’re going […]
For the latest installment of the EHSDA Song of the Week, we’re going back to the early ’80s. New wave was all the rage and as director Paul Schrader was working on the horror film Cat People, he reached out to David Bowie to work on the title track. Bowie teamed up with legendary music […]
Life in England was pretty rough in 1977, especially if you were a young person. The economy was struggling, jobs were scarce, and those jobs you could get had little or no regard for your safety. That was the environment that surrounded the creation of the latest EHSDA Song of the Week, the Clash’s “Career […]
We’re going to get a little obscure with the latest EHSDA Song of the Week, but very industry-specific. Canadian folk-rock act Great Big Sea has always done well in their native land, but less so down here in the States. Nevertheless, in 1995 the band out of Newfoundland and Labrador released a cover of the […]
Motor vehicle safety has always been a major issue in the U.S. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration earlier this year estimated that 31,785 people died in traffic crashes in the first nine months of 2022, down 0.2% from the same period in 2021. This week’s EHSDA Song of the Week focuses on car safety […]
Although popular music tends to celebrate the unusual, there are plenty of songs that pay tribute to hard working folks as well. This EHSDA Song of the Week comes courtesy of the J. Geils Band, who were at the peak of their party-rockin’ power in 1982 when “Flamethrower” was released on the Freeze-Frame album. Written […]
Break out the disco ball, the EHSDA Song of the Week is heading back to the ’70s for what is probably the definitive song of that era. The Bee Gees were already a major act since the late ’60s, but after a lull in the early ’70s, they discovered a second wave with the rising […]
Traditionally, coal mining has been one of the most dangerous professions around. For the latest EHSDA Song of the Week, we turn to the eternally strange and wonderful Devo for their new wave take on “Working in the Coal Mine.” It’s quirky and fun and reminds us that coal miners have really tough jobs. Devo […]
This week’s entry in the EHSDA Song of the Week actually discusses work-related illness. A few years before they blew up with “Money For Nothing,” English rock act Dire Straits was releasing albums that were well-received on both sides of the Atlantic. On their 1982 album Love Over Gold, the band released the single “Industrial […]
Things are getting hot on this week’s installment of the EHSDA Song of the Week. We’re throwing it back to 1974, a time when lapels were huge and the bell bottoms were huger. The Ohio Players went all the way to #1 on the Billboard singles chart with the supremely funky “Fire,” which still pops […]